Obstetrics and gynecology
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Obstetrics and gynecology · Sep 2010
Adherence to evidence-based guidelines for preoperative testing in women undergoing gynecologic surgery.
To examine adherence to evidence-based recommendations for preoperative testing and health care costs associated with excessive testing. ⋯ III.
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Obstetrics and gynecology · Sep 2010
Practice GuidelineCommittee opinion no. 465: antimicrobial prophylaxis for cesarean delivery: timing of administration.
Antimicrobial prophylaxis for cesarean delivery has been a general practice for cesarean deliveries because it significantly reduces postoperative maternal infectious morbidity. Recently, several randomized clinical trials investigated the timing of antimicrobial prophylaxis for cesarean delivery. The Committee on Obstetric Practice recommends antimicrobial prophylaxis for all cesarean deliveries unless the patient is already receiving appropriate antibiotics (eg, for chorioamnionitis) and that prophylaxis should be administered within 60 minutes of the start of the cesarean delivery.